Oprah Winfrey told Piers Morgan during an interview Monday night on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" that she contemplated suicide when she became pregnant at the age of 14 and even tried to drink laundry detergent in attempt to terminate the pregnancy.

"Getting pregnant was a result of bad choices, not having boundaries, sexual abuse from the time I was 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13," Winfrey said.

Winfrey's mother sent her to live with her father in Nashville.

Her father explained the rules of the house but did not know his daughter was pregnant. He told her, "I would rather see a daughter of mine floating down the Cumberland River than to bring shame on this family and the indecency of an illegitimate child."

Winfrey was 14 and pregnant; she was scared. She thought, "Before the baby was born, I’m going to have to kill myself," adding she did "stupid things like drinking detergent and all that kind of crazy stuff that you do when you’re trying to get attention, when you’re really just trying to cry for help."

She hid the pregnancy as long as she could. Looking back, Winfrey said losing the baby who she "had no connection to whatsoever" was a blessing in disguise.